Buying and Selling Lots: Good Choices and Poor Ones

Before the Founding of Lawton

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Buying and Selling Lots: Good Choices and Poor Ones

Showing Town Sites

J. W. Brazelton bought the first home site. He paid $420 for his lot. Logan Hassenbush bought the second lot. He paid $300 for it. The cheapest price paid for a lot was $35.

George Hudson shelled out $3,545 for a lot at Third Street and D Avenue. This lot was across from the Land Office. It was a good investment.

Some people made money by buying and selling their lots. L. T. Covey bought a lot for $1,100.

Lawton City Street

He sold the lot in November to C. W. Peters. Peters paid Covey $2,100 for the lot. Covey made a profit of $1,000 on this lot.

Then Peters sold the lot the next year. He sold it for $2,520 to J. W. Martin. Peters made a profit of $420. In 1903, Martin sold the lot for $7,500. He made a profit of $4,800.